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■ Detach Selection - detaches the currently selected items in the scene from the selected tasks.
■ Attach Selection - attaches the currently selected items in the scene to the selected tasks.
■ Append Selection - appends the currently selected items in the scene to the items already attached to the
selected tasks.
NOTE See “Select Objects” on page 179 for more information on how to select items in Autodesk Navisworks.
■ Attach Search - attaches all items selected by the current Search to the selected tasks. See “Find Objects” on
page 186 for more information on searching.
■ Attach Named Search - attaches all items selected by the named search currently selected in the Selection
Tree. For example, anything on the Sets or Properties tabs of the Selection Tree.
■ Attach Selection Set - attaches all items contained within a Selection Set, to the selected tasks. When you
choose this option a list of all Selection and Search Sets saved in the current scene is displayed. Choose the
Selection or Search Set you wish to attach to the tasks. See “Create and Use Sets of Objects” on page 190 for
more information on using Selection and Search Sets.
■ Select Attached Items - selects all items attached to the selected tasks in the Scene Area and on the Selection
Tree. The items will be highlighted based on the selection options you have defined. See “Selection Page” on
page 410 for more information on selection options.
■ Relink - relinks the selected task with your scheduling software. You will only be able to relink the parent
task, that is the task with the same name as the link. You will be prompted to choose the link to attach the
task to, as you may have more than one link set up. Linked tasks are synchronized with the external schedule,
and you cannot edit start and end dates. See the “
Select Link Dialog Box” on page 343 for more information
on linking tasks.
■ Unlink - breaks the link between the selected task and an external schedule, enabling you to manually edit
start and end dates. You will only be able to unlink the parent task, i.e. the task with the same name as the
link. However, your task is no longer synchronized with the external schedule.
NOTE For editing of dates, it is recommended to do this in the scheduling software and then Synchronize Tasks
from Link.
■ Check - validates the schedule, by identifying items that have not been included in any task, are duplicated
in multiple tasks or, are in overlapping tasks.
■ Tools - enables you to quickly create your own schedule, based on model layers, topmost items, or selection
sets.
■ Add Comment - adds a comment to the task. See “
Add Comments and Redlines” on page 216 for more
information.
■ Rename - renames the task. When the text field becomes active, enter the new name then press Enter to save
it.
You can use multi-selection (i.e. holding down Shift or Ctrl) to perform most commands on several tasks at once.
For example, should you need to delete all tasks, select the first task, then hold down Shift and select the last
task, then press Delete.
Links Tab
The Links tab enables you to import tasks from a third-party scheduling software, such as MS Project, Asta, and
Primavera. It shows all of the links to external schedules in your project, listed in a table format.
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